Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles
Alaska permit test: 20 questions, 25 minutes on the clock
Original Alaska questions with the law cited under every answer, scored the way DMV scores it.
- Exam Simulator20 questions, pass with 16, scored the way DMV scores it
- Practice Test 120 questions, a broad first pass across signs, right of way, rules and safety
- Road Signs Full197 questions, every sign, signal and pavement marking question
- Laws and Limits12 questions drawn from the AS 28
Work through them in order.
AK Practice Test 1
AK Practice Test 2
AK Practice Test 3
AK Practice Test 4
AK Practice Test 5
AK Full Marathon
AK Road Signs Mini
AK Road Signs Full
AK Right of Way
AK Complex Situations
Alaska Laws and Limits
AK Alcohol, Phones and Safety
AK Rules of the Road
Alaska Exam Simulator
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Know the format before you book.
Alaska is unusual in printing its exact exam format on a state run practice portal rather than burying it in a manual. The DMV states the general knowledge test as 20 questions with 16 correct to pass and 25 minutes on the clock, which is four wrong answers allowed and about 75 seconds a question. The at home version is where Alaska gets genuinely distinctive. Sit it through KnowTo Drive Online for $11.50 an attempt and a failure lets you retry the same day, up to four more times, but a fifth failure or disqualification shuts you out of online testing for a full year and leaves a DMV office as your only route. In an office there is no separate test charge at all, only the $15 instruction permit fee, and a failed test can be retaken the following day. The permit itself starts at 14, runs 2 years, and moving up needs 40 supervised hours with 10 of them in what the DMV calls progressively challenging circumstances.
Format verified against Alaska DMV practice knowledge test portal on 2026-08-27. Check the official page before you book, because states do change their rules.
Source: Alaska DMV practice knowledge test portal, verified 2026-08-27
What the process looks like.
The knowledge test is written from the Alaska Statutes Title 28, Motor Vehicles. Our questions teach those same rules and cite the section behind each answer, so what you learn holds up on test day and on the road afterwards.
An instruction permit is available at age 14 and stays valid for two years.
While learning, the permit holder must have a licensed driver aged at least 21 with at least one year of driving experience in the vehicle.
Drivers who get their permit at 16 or 17 must hold it at least six months before the DMV will issue a provisional license.
Moving up to a provisional license also needs a parent, guardian, or employer to certify 40 hours of supervised driving, 10 of them in harder conditions such as darkness or bad weather.
The at-home knowledge test is open to Alaska residents from age 16 for the Class D test, 18 for the motorcycle test, and 20 for the alcohol awareness test.
Sitting the knowledge test at a DMV office carries no separate test charge; the instruction permit itself costs $15. Taking it at home through KnowTo Drive Online costs $11.50 per attempt.
The DMV driver manual says a failed written test can be retaken the following day. Online, you can retry the same day up to four more times, and a fifth failure or disqualification shuts you out of online testing for a year, leaving the office as your only route.
What the records show.
Written test time limit. The general knowledge test allows 25 minutes for its 20 questions.
Alaska DMV practice knowledge test portal, verified 2026-08-27At-home test fee. Charged per attempt for the proctored online version through KnowTo Drive Online, the platform the DMV links to for at-home testing.
KnowTo Drive Alaska FAQ, verified 2026-08-27Alaska permit test questions, answered.
How many questions are on the Alaska permit test?
20. Verified on 27 August 2026 against the Alaska DMV's own practice knowledge test portal, which states the general knowledge test format outright: 25 minutes allowed, 20 questions, 16 correct answers to pass.
What score do you need to pass the Alaska permit test?
16 of the 20 questions, which is 80%. Four wrong answers is the most you can afford.
How long do you get to finish the Alaska permit test?
25 minutes, which works out to about 75 seconds a question. That is comfortable if you have studied and tight if you are reasoning each one out from scratch.
What happens if you fail the Alaska knowledge test?
At a DMV office you can come back the next day. Online you can retry the same day, up to four more attempts, but failing or being disqualified five times blocks online testing for a year and sends you to an office.
How much does the Alaska knowledge test cost?
Nothing extra at a DMV office beyond the $15 instruction permit fee. The at-home proctored version through KnowTo Drive Online is $11.50 for each attempt.